Hey Tim, Thanks.. never did consider that. I guess its a quick way to explicitly set the boolean to true.
--- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are casting the function to the var. There's probably another > way to do this, but this will work. > > if (someFunction(data)){ > Result = true; > } else { > Result = false; > ) > > --- In [email protected], "robbieshere" <robbieshere@> > wrote: > > > > Hi. I have the following lines in an ActionScript code: > > > > private var Result:Boolean; > > result = someFunction(data); > > > > if (Result){ > > etc.. > > } > > > > ..the function "someFunction()" returns a Boolean value. This code > > works fine, except when I perform a step trace, I notice that in > the > > if statement, when it checks the value of Result, jumps to the > line: > > result=someFunction(data) ..and goes on to evaluate the function! > > Therefore I am wondering if it always evaluates someFunction(data) > > everytime I use the Result variable in my code. > > > > If so, is there a way I can just extract the value so that I don't > > have to keep running the function? (say the function is a bunch of > > nested for-statements...that would take a lot of time to compute!) > > > > Thanks for the help. > > Rob Graham > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

